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Yep! But walking has reached into the 40’s…hot enough!I believe 60°C was the ground surface temperature measured at some place in Extremadura. It was not the air temperature.
The "threat" about 60C is from satelites measuring GROUND temperatures, not in the air. But it is really hot in Spain & much of Europe right now, and it will last for some days/a week at least. It may be the same in August. The temperatures as of current can be life threatening for exposed people (age/illness). Last year, it is estimated that some 61.000 people in Europe died from heat-related issues.Hello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
Would be a average temperatur off 25°C.Hello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
The Spanish and Portuguese meteorological agencies provide excellent information about standard climate conditions.Hello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
Hi BewareNZHello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
Im on the Norte in Santander right now and it’s 28deg. It’s 5pm. That said, my husband and I have been starting our walking between 6&7am and are generally at our destination by 1pm. Highly recommended. This heatwave has just arrived in the last day or two. You would be unlucky if there was another one while you were here. Mānātakia a MatarikiHello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
That looks perfect!
After you check meteorological data on links recommended in this post, keep in mind that sun shining on your skin and clothes can raise the temperature significantly above the air temperature. Also the ground temperature can get very hot and radiate up to you.Hello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
Hi I walked the VDLP from Seville in the April/May heatwave. Daily temps were 30 to 36 degrees after 2pm. But those are readings in the shade. Often there is no useful shade and the temperature is somewhat higher. On one day I had to walk between 2 and 4 pm and it was no joke. The heat just sucked the life out of me.. I shortened the distances where possible and started 1 hour before daybreak. Regular hydration from a bladder with tube is good but the plasticy taste was annoying. Also get a head torch and use a downloadable tracker app such as Buen Camino to avoid missing your route. Enjoy it but avoid risks. ULTREIA!Hello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
Thank you!A sobering description of what’s going on. I’ve gifted the article so you won’t get a paywall.
It's still not as bad as 2019.A sobering description of what’s going on. I’ve gifted the article so you won’t get a paywall.
Hottest I've ever heard of in a normal location (i.e. not an airport etc) was ~50°C in a pueblo near Lleida in 2019. I had been walking very close to there a week or so previously, before being forced to return home because the heat was getting frankly dangerous, and every day was in the sometimes low but usually mid 40s in the early afternoon.In your research, beware of relying on historical averages. I was just listening to a Times Radio broadcast that described temps in southern Italy at 49C, for example -- the warmest ever on record.
The primary factor is that we're exiting a so-called "mini ice age" -- 3,000 years ago and earlier, mean temperatures were seemingly several degrees higher, and we seem to be heading back to that norm ; which was a lot more stable than what we have experienced over the past 2,000 to 3,000 years.This is due to the melting of the Arctic ice cap and consequent disruption to the jet stream, which used to do a good job of separating cold air masses from hot air masses. Europe is now getting warm air coming up from Africa.
Wow! That is really hot. Good luck for the remainder of your camino.Hi BewareNZ
I to am from NZ Dunedin. It is very hot on the French Camino at the moment, I began 4th July. Most temps each day get to 38C. I have begun leaving at 5am to beat the midday heat. Two days ago past Pamplona I was suffering severely from heat stroke, vomiting, dizzy etc. A fellow pilgrim walked with me the last 5km which I thought would never end.
Water fountains became my best friend. Even though I had 2 litres of H20 it was too hot. Walking before dawn is a good idea.
Thank you for gifting us this article. Sobering reading indeed. Unexpected high temperatures disrupted my Chemin d'Arles in May-June last year and now it seems even worse in 2023!A sobering description of what’s going on. I’ve gifted the article so you won’t get a paywall.
Thank you for the article.A sobering description of what’s going on. I’ve gifted the article so you won’t get a paywall.
Has it reached the point when people are walking through the night and sleeping through the day? I remember some threads years back when people posted about walking through the night because it was cooler than walking in the day.
I will *definitely* be avoiding the Summer on my Home to Rome 2025 !!In addition to other factors there's the solar cycle - usually about 11 years in which solar activity increases and decreases. The next solar maximum is predicted for July 2025.
Another good source for weather and climate information is the AEMET site. Here is the link to their Climates Services Standard Conditions page: https://www.aemet.es/en/serviciosclimaticos/datosclimatologicos/valoresclimatologicos/contenido. You can search the map and look at various factors like temperature, rainfall, etc for different locations across Spain.You can check the temperature per location for instance on www.eltiempo.es
Fill in the name in the search engine in the left upper corner.
https://www.eltiempo.es/pamplona.html
https://www.eltiempo.es/burgos.html
https://www.eltiempo.es/santiago-de-compostela.html
None of the alarmist predictions in the press that we checked were anywhere near reality.
Hi BwarenzHello,
I’m in freezing New Zealand preparing to start my first Camino mid-August and there are a lot of stories about the heatwave, and temperatures of up to 60 degrees c in Spain!
I realise August is not the ideal time to be starting but it’s the only time I can be there.
Please can anyone tell me what the temperatures are like in Porto and on the route from there? Thank you.
Donna, good advice regarding the umbrella and hydration. We use one here in NZ due to the harsh sun. You certainly went from ine extreme to another shifting from Dunedin to DarwinLook up the various threads mentioning heat index. I'm an ex-Otago girl who now lives in Darwin, Australia with a few years in desert country as well. I feel for anyone on the VDLP at present especially in Extremadura. Get a reflective umbrella if possible and think of it as a portable tree. The shade it provides effectively lowers the temp by a degree or two which can save your sanity. Drink every opportunity you get. I'm acclimatised to tropical heat but found myself drinking 250-500 ml every hour on my June-July camino. The sweat evaporates as soon as it hits the skin so it is very easy to become dehydrated and not realise it.
Hi @CWBuff, you are absolutely right. Hope for the best, prepare for the worstGreetings @CHT
Welcome to the forum
Unfortunately it matters not how hot it is on Camino now - what will matter is how hot will it be when you walk.
As such, your thread falls into category of many similar weather related threads... and NOBODY can give you a decisively correct answer; Mother Nature being unpredictable as she is....
My advice always is Prepare for the worst and be pleasantly surprised if it does not happen
Chances are- you'll walk anyway
Good luck and Buen Camino
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